The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

  • -- James Thurber 詹姆斯·瑟伯

宴会上讲话人的神志清醒一般要持续两个半月左右;在这段时间结束时,他开始自言自语,并在睡梦中大喊大叫。

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People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

人们花了太多的时间去责备别人,花了太多的精力去为自己不能做的事找借口,却没有足够的精力去冒险,走出过去,继续他们的生活。

You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

你必须在不可怕的人之间把握好方向,但同时又不能误导他们。